WCNY CTO/CSO Network and the Speaker Series Committee

Join us for a group discussion on Tuesday, February 20, 2018 with guest speaker, Andrew Ackerman, Managing Director at Dreamit who will discuss:

how do you evaluate technologies

how can companies spinnout technologies into startups

how corporate innovation groups can source and structure their interactions with great startups

Andrew is recovering consultant turned serial entrepreneur, startup mentor and angel investor. He is the Managing Director at Dreamit, currently in charge of the urban tech accelerator program. Andrew is also a contributing writer to Fortune, AlleyWatch, The 74 Million, et. al.

Andrew began his career at Booz & Co consulting on strategy and operations for Fortune 100 clients. After a brief stint at Kaplan helping transition their traditional classroom test prep services into online products, he then joined Bunk1.com as COO/Head of Product where he spent eight years building it from scratch to the leading provider of web services to the summer camp industry. After being bought out of Bunk1 in 2008, Andrew managed a family office where he was responsible for both incubating new ventures and for managing over $50M of alternative assets including hedge, private equity, and venture capital funds as well as a number of direct investments in private companies. Andrew was also the founding CEO of Layercake.com and has a keen appreciation for how hard it is to build a successful startup, even under the best of circumstances.

Andrew received his MBA in Operations & Marketing from Chicago Booth (Beta Gamma Sigma) and a BA in Economics & Political Science from Johns Hopkins University (Phi Beta Kappa). He speaks Hebrew fluently as well as some Spanish, French & Japanese and is working on JavaScript. He currently lives on the Upper West Side with his wife and 3 daughters.

When:
Tuesday, February 20, 2018
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Where:
Midtown location (Note: Address will be sent via email to all registered guests 24-48 hours prior to the event to the "Primary Email" address listed in your profile. Please review your profile to confirm that the email address listed is correct.)

To Register:Click here to register. Seats are Limited! Please register early as events can and do sell out quickly.

Due to building security requirements, you must pre-register for this event. Walk-ins cannot be accepted.Registration is subject to availability and will close on Monday February 19th at 4:00pm - No Exceptions!